At the beginning of April, fed up with the small number inconsiderate dog owners who fail to clean up after their dogs, I decided to launch my own Dog Fouling Campaign.

Following conversations with the local dog warden and with the full support of Bath & North East Somerset Council I contacted 3 local schools in the South West of Bath, St Michael’s Junior School, Twerton Infants School and Roundhill Primary School to get the pupils involved and design a poster to be displayed across the area to highlight the issue in an attempt to reduce the number of incidents.

168 posters were returned from the schools as part of the competition and the local Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse chose one from each school to be reproduced. Last Thursday 17th May, I accompanied the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Rob Appleyard on a visit to each of the schools to announce the winners and award their prizes. I also knit toys that I sell for charity, so I handmade each of the prizes that were given to the children along with their very own Dog themed bags.

I would like to congratulate all the entrants, but specifically, Ruby Lucy at St Michael’s Junior School, Lily at Twerton Infants School and Poppy at Roundhill Primary School on their winning designs.

Posters are now starting to go up and with residents and dog walkers being fully supportive of the initiative we are hoping the visual impact of the posters will have a positive outcome.

In conjunction with this campaign, me and several other residents in Twerton have set up Twerton & Whiteway Wombles who arrange monthly group litter picks around the whole area with a view to making Twerton one of the cleanest urban areas of BANES to live, I recently met with a representative from Keynsham Wombles to discuss how we could work collaboratively to tackle the ever-increasing issues experienced by all residents.

To keep up to date with my various campaigns, I have my own facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/sarahmooretwerton/ feel free to follow.